As everyone applauds and sips champagne, I smile back at Rachel, thinking she got it just right. Love and friendship. They are what makes us who we are and what can change us, if we let them.

I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship. Now I got it.

There are two kinds of women--those who eat in a crisis and those who lose their appetite in a crisis.

You can love someone you mistrust.

What's the point of being sad?" he says. "We're here now.

Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?

The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.